One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. 

«Could you possibly give us a room here?»the husband asked.

The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained that there were three conventions in town. 
«All of our rooms are taken,» the clerk said.
 «But I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night.
So the couple agreed. 
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«When the couple declined, the young man pressed on.
«Don’t worry about me. I’ll make out just fine,» the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning,the elderly man said to the clerk, «You are the kind ofmanager who should be the boss of the best hotel inthe United States. 
Maybe someday I’ll build one for you.
«The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh. As they drove away, the elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both friendly and helpful isn’t easy.Two years passed. 

The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the old man. 

It recalled that stormy night and enclosed a round-trip ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay thema visit. The old man met him in New York, and led himto the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. 

He then pointed to a great new building there, a palace of reddish stone, with turrets and watch towers thrusting up to the sky. 
«That,» said the older man, «is the hotel I have just built for you to manage.»»You must be joking,» the young man said.»I can assure you I am not,» said the older man, a slysmile playing around his mouth. 
The older man’s namewas William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificentstructure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.The young clerk who became its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to become themanager of one of the world’s most glamorous hotels.

And the lesson is……….treat everyone with love, grace and respect, and you cannot fail!